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Diving Trips Courses in Puerto Princesa

About This Tour

Diving Trips & Courses :

All good SCUBA divers know that the deeper we go the more nitrogen we absorb in to our blood and this can cause a diver all sorts of problems if guidelines are broken or protocols ignored. It also limits our bottom times by making them shorter. Lets put that into context. I went to see the gorgeous Thresher sharks of Malapascua, I was on a Nitrox and a few were on air. We were all kneeling at 26 meters and after 27 minutes the people on air had had their fill of Nitrogen and computers started bleeping time to get to the surface.. They were lucky as they got to see at least one Thresher shark. The rest of us were on Nitrox, and we were able to stay twice the length of time at 26 meters and we got to see 9 of these amazing creatures.

Many people claim that they fill less tired after a day of diving and one of my customers who just booked to go Tubbataha reef, said it made him feel happy! So what is Nitrox? Basically put, some of the nitrogen is replaced by putting in a higher oxygen content into the tank thus reducing the level of Nitrogen and therefore reducing some of the problems Nitrogen can cause SCUBA divers. Can anyone use it? Yes, but not without specialist training so that you understand both the benefits and limitations. So as I said at the start of this article, which is best ..it really does depend.